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SYRIZA Falling Short of Majority in Greece Early Elections
SYRIZA of former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has earned 35.3% of Sunday's early elections in Greece - the biggest share of the vote, Interior Ministry data reveals.
Current results, with 20 percent of votes counted (as of 21:30 EEST/20:30 CEST) a few hours after polls closed, also suggest a coalition government will be needed.
Greek elections: Three parties battle for 3% of the votes
Right-wing populist Independent Greeks (ANEL), Popular Unity Party (Laiki Enotita) and Union of Centrists are seeking a place in Greek Parliament. Exit polls at 7 p.m. showed all three parties having a chance to gather 3% of the votes with the following estimations:
ANEL – 3-4% estimations
Exit polls show 9 parties in Parliament; 3 needed to form coalition govt
If initial projections prove true then leftist SYRIZA will have approximately 132 MPs in Greece’s 300-MP Parliament, with conservative New Democracy fielding 79.
Nine parties will enter Parliament if the figures hold up, something that means the front-runner will need two coalition partners, instead of one party, as was the case in January 2015
Latest Friday opinion polls show small SYRIZA lead over ND
Friday’s latest opinion poll, 72 hours before voting precincts open on Sunday, shows leftist SYRIZA with 24.5 percent of respondents’ vote to 24 percent for conservative New Democracy party.
Wed. opinion poll: ND at 30% to SYRIZA’s 29.5%
The “freshest” opinion poll on Wednesday shows conservative New Democracy party gaining 30 percent of respondents’ preferences to leftist SYRIZA’s 29.5 percent, days ahead of the Sept. 20 snap election in Greece.
The poll was conducted by the Thessaloniki-based University of Macedonia and presented by the Skai television station.
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Latest opinion poll points to Sunday election nail biter
A latest opinion poll, released on Tuesday, shows conservative New Democracy garnering 27.5 percent of respondents’ preferences, barely ahead of SYRIZA, which posts 27 percent.
Greek elections 2015: A rainbow of parties… but no pot of gold!
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Proto Thema poll: Slim SYRIZA lead, eight parties in Parliament
An opinion poll commissioned by Proto Thema, Greece’s best-selling newspaper, shows a razor-thin lead for leftist SYRIZA over conservative New Democracy and eight (!) political parties entering Parliament.
As with previous opinion polls released over the past week, a “derby” appears in hand for the snap Sept. 20 election.
Sept. 20 elections: Meet the participating political parties
// 19 parties and 5 coalition groups have registered to participate in the upcoming September 20 elections. The 1st Section of the Supreme Court is expected to decide on which parties will take part in the coming elections.
The 19 parties and their leaders are:
1) Radical Left Coalition SYRIZA (Alexis Tsipras)